From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp2.knology.net ([24.214.63.14] ident=qmailr) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ulHD-0003h3-00 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:27:03 -0500 Received: (qmail 31970 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2003 03:26:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO potpal) (69.1.42.5) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 17 Mar 2003 03:26:55 -0000 Received: from kennyhitt by potpal with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ulIN-0006Oo-00 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:28:15 -0600 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:28:15 -0600 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: word documents Message-ID: <20030317032815.GB23347@potpal> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030316112013.025057c0@198.144.194.210> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Kenny Hitt Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: That's the first time I've heard of this. Where's your proof? Is this just another example of you spouting BS? Kenny On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 01:00:44PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Actually, the msword format is one of the iso standards formats. It's a > long time since I've had any dealings with Microsoft so I forgot the > number of the standard they sent me.On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Charles Crawford > wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:22:05 -0500 > > From: Charles Crawford > > Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > Subject: Re: word documents > > > > Hmmm. I never thought about the proprietary issue with MS-Word. I wonder > > if we should not be talking with Microsoft to get at least the formatting > > info available? Oh yeah, didn't Gates give the > > chinese open source Windows? Hmmm. > > > > -- charlie. > > At 02:41 AM 03/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >There are Word document viewers for Linux console. The one I use is > > >called wv. Another is called antiword. No doubt, there are more. > > >Because Word is a proprietary format, and the specification is not > > >available, the authors of programs such as wv have had to > > >reverse-engineer a bit. Because of this, certain things in the Word > > >document may not decode as well as we'd like. Nonetheless, I use wv > > >and get reasonable results when converting from Word to html. The > > >resulting html source is quite bloated, but, it's there. > > > > > >For pdf conversion, there's pdftotext. This is part of the xpdf > > >package, and may already be on your system. Surprise, it was already > > >on my stock installation of RH 7.2. the one thing I don't like about > > >pdftotext-s rendering, is that hyperlinks get lost. To preserve the > > >navigability of pdf documents, I visit , and submit > > >the url of a pdf document (assuming I've found it on the web) to the > > >form. What comes back is a nice html rendering (links and all). > > > > > > > > >Hope this helps, > > > > > > > > >-Dave > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > Jude > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >